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Torrential rains inundate SE Mexico, cause severe flooding

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Tenejapa, Nov 11 (EFE).- With some of their belongings on their backs, thousands of families in Mexico's southeastern states of Chiapas and Tabasco have abandoned their homes after the torrential rains that have inundated the region, causing severe flooding and at least 27 deaths.Tropical Storm Eta and Cold Front No. 11 dumped enormous quantities of rain in the region and in Central America, forcing many people to flee their homes for their own safety. (Camera: MITZI FUENTES GOMEZ).SHOT LIST: THE AREAS AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAINS IN TENEJAPA, MEXICO.SOUND BITE: ELÍAS LÓPEZ LUNA, RESIDENT OF THE TOWN OF MATZAM, TENEJAPA MUNICIPALITY, CHIAPAS STATE, MEXICO. TRANSLATION: There are more than 70 families who have been affected in this area and that might not be the exact numbers anymore because the terrain is still moving. The Civil Protection said that we don't have to be worried but they have only been talking. We don't have their presence here.

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